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Epsom, between Mr. Girdwood's horse Crop, and 

 a roan horse of Mr. Harris's. Crop was to go 

 100 miles before the roan went 80; the match 

 being for 100 gs. Much betting was made on the 

 result. The horses started about half past six in the 

 morning. Crop ran ten times round the course, 

 making 20 miles in about an hour, and w^as already 

 almost beat in going round the eleventh time. 

 The other horse was also so knocked up, as not to 

 be able to make even a trot, so that they walked 

 the course with their riders on their backs, people 

 going before them with sieves of oats, to entice 

 them on, which had a most ridiculous effect. By 

 the time the roan horse had gone 80 miles. Crop 

 had gone 94, so that he lost the race by six miles. 

 Crop was sold immediately after the race for 5 gs. 

 to a Mr. Skinner, it not being thought that he 

 would live. He, however, lived to win for that 

 gentleman upwards of £500 in various matches ; 

 and died about eight years after the above men- 

 tioned event. 



1750. — On the 29th. of August, of this year, 

 was decided the remarkable chaise match, made 

 by the Earl of March, (afterwards Duke of Queens- 

 bury) and the Earl of Eglintoun, with Count Theo- 

 bald Taafe, and Andrew^ Sprowle, Esq., for 1000 gs. 



The conditions of this wager were, to get a car- 

 riage with four running wheels, and a person in or 

 upon it, drawn by four horses, nineteen miles in 

 one hour. Their Lordships were to give two 



